AI-102 Question 127
Single answerYou are tasked with building a solution to digitize handwritten forms submitted by customers using Azure AI solutions. The forms include handwritten text in English that needs to be extracted into a structured format for downstream processing. Which Azure service and feature should you use to achieve this?
- A
Azure AI Vision's Read API
- B
Azure AI Vision's Face API
- C
Azure Form Recognizer's Custom Model
- D
Azure Cognitive Search with OCR Skill
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The Azure AI Vision's Read API is purpose-built for extracting both printed and handwritten text from images. For digitizing handwritten forms, this API provides the required functionality without additional customization or training, making it the most suitable option in this scenario.
- A. Correct.
The Azure AI Vision's Read API is specifically designed to extract text from images, including handwritten text, making it the ideal choice for this scenario.
- B. Incorrect.
The Azure AI Vision's Face API is used for face detection and analysis, not for extracting handwritten text.
- C. Incorrect.
Azure Form Recognizer's Custom Model is used for extracting data from specific document types, but it requires training a model on custom forms, which is unnecessary if you only need to extract handwritten text.
- D. Incorrect.
Azure Cognitive Search with OCR Skill can extract printed text but is not optimized for handwritten text extraction.